Isaiah 34:9–15

⁹Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,

her soil into sulfur;^aa

her land will become burning pitch.

¹⁰It will never go out—day or night.

Its smoke will go up forever.^ab

It will be desolate, from generation to generation;

no one will pass through it forever and ever.^a

¹¹Eagle owls^A and herons^B will possess it,

and long-eared owls and ravens will dwell there.^b

The Lord will stretch out a measuring line

and a plumb line^* over her

for her destruction and chaos.^c

¹²No nobles will be left to proclaim a king,

and all her princes will come to nothing.

¹³Her palaces will be overgrown with thorns;

her fortified cities, with thistles and briers.^d

She will become a dwelling for jackals,

an abode^C for ostriches.^e

¹⁴The desert creatures will meet hyenas,

and one wild goat will call to another.

Indeed, the night birds will stay there

and will find a resting place.

¹⁵Sand partridges^D will make their nests there;

they will lay and hatch their eggs

and will gather their broods under their shadows.

Indeed, the birds of prey will gather there,

each with its mate.^f